Rockin Socket

Earlier today I was tearing apart my office looking for an extension cord (unsuccessfully). If only I had this wall socket design by Nguyen Tuan Anh. The primary feature is an integrated extension cord that allows the user to easily pull and return the plug to the wall. This unique universal socket caters to travelers, gadget-lovers, and home owners alike, making power conversion easier, intuitive and definitely more convenient. This is thinking outside the box at its best!

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design totally neglects grounding… very few plugs in europe feature this thin look. Most are round with the two prongs located at the center and on the top and bottom you have connections for ground. If you run a machine with high voltage off of an ungrounded outlet you run the risk of electrocution.

@troll face but right: A little more tact, if you will. This isn’t an actual plug people are installing right now, it’s just a design. The main focus is on the extention cord application. You should have looked a little closer at this one before making a judgement.

This would work, if electrical power was as simple as “make the metal pieces be inside something” and nobody wants to “have walls thinner than half a meter”. Oh, and people wanted to “spend approximately five times as much” on every socket in their houses and “get an electrician” every time they damage an extension cord.

Oh, and from an engineering perspective: Never use anything more power-hungry than a laptop or the coiled up cable could melt.

A last bit: if there’s supposed to be a British socket here somewhere, the movable part would be at least 10 cm tall, and the wall bit as big as a paperback book.